A music video for a new East Of The Wall song titled “Somn 6” has been made available. That song is taken from the band’s new album “NP Complete“, out March 29th on Translation Loss Records. The band’s vocalist/bassist Chris Alfano commented of the track:
“The title ‘Somn 6‘ is a mashup of Psalm 6 and somnambulism. Lyrically, it touches on feelings of regret, or at least self-questioning, that tend to bubble up the day after I’ve had to interact in some kind of social setting. There’s always that unease around whether, in retrospect, everything I said or did was the worst possible choice at each moment.
The narrative centers on a character’s late-night bender. But really, it’s less about intoxication than about a judgement, even shame, that I tend to feel in the aftermath of large-scale societal mingling. That’s where the psalm comes in: it’s a lament for suffering and distress, which applies here to our protagonist’s mental state in the emotional nadir. And the sleep-waking part of the metaphor is just referencing the character’s inebriation and disconnect. So basically, this is our feel-bad pop hit of the winter.”
He continued:
“But it’s not all frowns and flagellation. It’s one of our most focused songs on ‘NP-Complete‘, exploring some specific themes – and I don’t mean that just lyrically. The foundation of the tune is based on a 13/4 bass groove that I brought in (well, the original riff, anyway, which kicks off in measures of 7, 6, 7, 8, before settling into the alternating 7 and 6 that makes the up the plurality of the track).
Then, as usual, we all iterated on the themes in the room until a song made manifest. But unlike our usual compositional excursions, we didn’t take quite as many detours. ‘Somn 6‘ will still surprise you, but every section connects directly back to that first theme without the need for a transitional movement to bridge the gap.”
[via Popmatters.com]
